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POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

New winners and losers in North Waziristan: Understanding tensions between top-down projects and local knowledge in the post-conflict setting (2015–2019)

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Article: 1909209 | Received 24 Nov 2020, Accepted 23 Mar 2021, Published online: 05 Apr 2021

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